Toy refrigerator



June 1 1926.

' J. H. HARTMAN ToY REFRIGERATOR Filed March 6 Patented .lune l, 1926. Y

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JOI-IN H. HARTMAN, 0F LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE -IUBLEY MANUFACTURING CO., OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

TOY REFRGERATOR.

Application filed March 6, 1925. Serial No. 13,643.

This Ainvention relates to toys, and-more sembled parts together, being also clamped particularly to a toy constructed in imitabetween said top and bottom by means ot tion ot an ordinary refrigerator containing said tie-bolts. rllhe liront plate has two a glass block in imitation of ice and small door openings on the left hand side thereo'lo -lood platters tor the amusement of chiland a single door opening on the other side dren. which extends nearly the full height ot the The invention will first be hereinafter device, and each of these openings is closed more particularly described, with reference by a swinging door. The larger door on to the accompanying drawings, which are the right hand side is denoted by the letter l0 to be taken as a part of this specifica-tion, l, and the smaller doors by the letters l e and then pointed out in the claims at the and K1. Each door has formed integrally end of the description. therewith hooks oit the form shown in Fig.

In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a iront ele- 5 ot the drawings which are adapted to `vation of a toy refrigerator embodying my engage openings in the upright side portions 15 invention; the door on the right hand side of said 'iront plate, one near the upper edge thereoil being open to show the interior conand the other near the lower edge `of the struction; door, so as to form an interlocking hinge- F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; connection between the door and said front Fig. 3 is a transverse section; plate composed entirely or integral parts 20 Fig. l is a vertical section taken on the thereof without extraneous parts or ordi- I0 line l-/l of Fig. 3; and nary hinges. rlhe hooks on the door F ig. 5 is a 'fragmentary detail view illuswhich are denoted by the letters el and 711, trating a hinge construction for securing are bent in a reverse direction to the hooks swinging doors to the body `oit the device on the doors K and K1 which are denoted without using ordinary hinges. by vthe letters ic and 701. Said hooks are 75 Referring to said drawings, in which the each formed with a double bend, the intersame reference characters are used to demediate portion of which extends rearwardnote corresponding parts in ditlerent views, ly substantially at right angles to the base the two sides and back or the device are and to the free Verid ot' the hoolr and in a so formed by a singlel sheet metal plate A., plane substantially parallel with the front sa preferably steel, while another sheet metal and rear sides ci? the door the tree end ol` the plate E, also preferably ot' steel, forms the upper hoolr extending upwardly in plane bottom and inner side wall ol an imitation substantially parallel with enid sides while ice bor: in the left hand side of the device the tree end of the lower hook extends in- 35 and to said wall is riveted or bolted a third wardly in a plane substantially at right sheet metal plate C ot substantially U- angles to said sides and substantially parshaped form, to provide small imitation allel with the The described hinge toed compartments or shelves in the right connection renders it impossible for one ot hand side of the device, and these parts are the doors to be disconnected or removed aclo assembled and secured together by means cidentally or otherwise when in either open zot a top plate D and a bottom plate D1 or closed position. ln order to attach the connected and held together by means ot door it is necessary to raise the lower end tie-bolts F which are inserted through aperthereof suliiciently to bring the pintle on its tures in said bottom plate and have threaded upper end in a substantially horizontal ends which are screwed into hollow inplane, for insertion in the opening in the W" teriorly threaded lugs or bosses l on the upper part ot the trontplate and then underside ot the top plate; a. cast rnetal swing the door into partially closed posifront E having door openings therein and tion, so as to permit the pintle on the lower marginal flanges e, which overlap the sides end thereof to be inserted in the opening -j ot the plate A and aid in holding the asat the lower end of the fro-nt plate, and

thereupon the door may be swung back and forth on its hinges withoutdanger of becoming disconnected or removed by pulling upon it when in either open or closed position, and to remove the door it must first be brought into partially open position, when the pintle on the lower end thereof may be withdrawn from the opening at the lower end of the front plate, and then the lower end of the door must be raised into position to permit the pintle at the upper end thereof to be withdrawn from the opening at the upper end of the front plate.

l thus provide a toy constructed in imitation of a refrigerator and consisting of a few simple and inexpensive parts adapted to be easily assembled and secured togetheil so as to form a strong and durable device of the character referred to, which is not liable to get out of order or to be taken apartl by a child, and which will afford amusement and pleasure especially to little children who are fond of toys made in imitation of household articles with which they are ta millar.

In order to produce a more realistic effect giving the appearance of a miniature refrigerator having an ice box and upper and lower food compartments containing ice and edibles, a block of glass may be placed in the ice box, as at X, while small platters l), in imitation of platters of food, are placed on the shelves in the food compartments beside they ice boX.

While I have shown a toy refrigerator having in the front plate thereof three door openings each provided with a swinging door, it will be understood of course that the number of doors may be increased or diminished as desired. and various changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Jnited States is:

l. A toy refrigerator consisting of a metal front plate having a plurality of door openings therein, each provided with a swinging door, a cast metal top and bottom, and a plurality of sheet metal plates between said top and bottom arranged to form therewith interior compartment-s in imitation of the usual food compartments and ice box of an ordinary refrigerator; one of said sheet metal plates being shaped to form the back and two sides of the refrigerator, another forming the bottom and inner side wall of an imitation ice box located above a lower simulated food compartment, and another being of substantially U-shaped form and having its bottom secured to said side wall of said imitation ice box, so as to form small imitation food compartments or shelves beside said ice box located above the larger lower food coinpartment, and tie bolts connecting said top and bottom so as to clamp the assembled sheet metal plates and front therebetween and hold them in assembled relation.

2. A. toy refrigerator composed of cast metal front, top and bottom and sheet metal parts assembled and secured together' so as to simulate a refrigerator having a lower large food compartment, upper small. food compartments at one side and an ice box on the other side; said front plate having a plurality of door openings therein on one side and a single door opening on the otherI side thereof each provided with a hinged door; said parts being assembled and secured together by tie-bolts connecting said top and bottom.

3. A toy refrigerator constructed of sheet metal parts and cast metal top and bottom together forming a lower compartment and a superposed imitation ice box at one side and shelves on the other side forming the bottoms of small food compartments beside said ice box and a cast metal front having openings therein each provided with a swinging door; said parts being assembled and held together by tie-bolts connecting said top and bottom plates between which the assembled parts are clamped by said bolts; said doors having hooks formed integral therewith, each hook having an intermediate portion extendingbeyond the rear edge of the door in a plane substantially parallel therewith while the base and free ends of the hook extend substantially at right angles to said intermediate portion, the free end of the lower hook extending inwardly from the inner side of the door substantially at right angles thereto and approximately parallel with the base of the hook, and the free end of the upper hook extending upwardly substantially at right angles to the intermediate portion thereof in a plane substantially parallel with said door; said front plate having holes formed therein in which said hooks are inserted so as to provide a hinge-connection between the door and front plate by integral inter* locking parts thereof.

4. In a device of the character described, a hinge-connection for a swinging door consisting of upper and lower hooks projecting from the rear inner side of the door substantially at right angles thereto, each hook having` an intermediate portion which extends beyond the rear edge of the door in a plane substantially parallel therewith, the base and free end of the hook extending substantially at right angles to said intermediate portion and the free end of the lower hook extending inwardly in a substantially` horizontal plane substantially at right angles to said intermediate portion and said door While the free end of the npper hook extends upwardly substantially at right angles to said intermediate portion and substantially paraiiei with said door7 and a dooreplate having openings therein adapted to receive said hooks and forming therewith en interlocking hinge-connection composed of integral parts of the door and door-plate, whereby the door cannot be removed when in either open or closed position.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signa ture.

JOHN H. HARTMAN. 

